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Credit: British West Indian Conference on Quarantine, 1888. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![The president : I did not know you had given notice of any resolution. Mr. LOW: It was when we commenced the Ordinance this morning. I now move:— [See Minutes, Seventh Day's Sitting. Pago 89.] That was my opinion, and of several other delegates, that it would be a good resolution to move. Dr. crane : I should be happy to second that resolution. The PRESIDENT: Perhaps the hon. member will not object to simply say that the law be drafted: it will have to go to the Secretary of State who may decide to have it drafted in England. Perhaps you would not say anything about a competent draftsman. Mr. low : Well, if that is the feeling. The PRESIDENT: I take it that is the feeling of the Conference. Mr. low : I think the Conference will certainly agree if you see any necessity to change a word there is no objection to that. The president : Mr. Berkeley has a resolution to propose. Mr. BERKELEY : The resolution I gave notice of has been slightly altered: it reads at present:— That in the opinion of this Conference these proceedings should be communicated to Her Majesty's Government and the several Governments of foreign colonies in the West Indies and on the continent of South America, with a view to receiving their opinions as to whether or not it is advisable to establish a uniform system of quarantine in these coun- tries. I propose to alter that to read:—(See page 89.) Capt. MALING : I second that. Mr. BERKELEY: I don't propose to trouble them with the reports of all our proceedings, but with a copy of the law. The PRESIDENT: I will just read this resolution, moved by Mr. Berkeley and seconded by Capt. Maling. Mr. SANDERSON: I support that. Mr. McKINNEY: I think we are all agreed upon that. Resolution carried. The PRESIDENT : Perhaps you will allow me to read the form of certifi- cate of non-communication : — See Annex (L), Minutes, Seventh Sitting, Page 94, reading Visiting Officer for Health Officer.] Dr. CRANE : T am inclined to think it should be Health Officer ; he has all the authority. Mr. SANDERSON: With us it is the Harbour Master. Capt. MALING-: It is desirable to decide who should sign. Mr. McKIlOEY: Some colonies have no Harbour Master, but all have a Health Officer. Mr. low : We have abandoned the term Harbour Master. The PRESIDENT : Subject to that understanding there appears to me no difficulty in altering it to the Health Officer. Draft of the Report distributed amongst Delegates. Mr. BERKELEY: I would like to know what the delegates are to do with the report ? The PRESIDENT?: I think that the proper course would be that the report should be addressed to the Secretary of State. Mr. BERKELEY: It is suggested to me that the Governor of British Guiana, through whom all the negotiations with the different Governments were, might be asked. Of course, each delegate will take down his own report. The president : The only thing is as to whom the Report should be addressed. The report should be addressed to the Secretary of State, and as President of the Conference I think I should have to sign it under a cover- ing letter—as President—to the Gov- ernor of this colony, with a request that he should forward it on, and then each member would be furnished with an authenticated copy of that report with the minutes of the debate which has been taken down, and which he will submit to his own Government with a special report thereon from him- self. Of course that report may only consist of two lines, forwarding the](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21297678_0228.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
